<?php
require_once '../client/main_config.php';
$connection = mysql_connect(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USERNAME, DATABASE_PASSWORD) 
or
die("<p>Error connecting to database: ".mysql_error()."</p>");
$db = mysql_select_db(DATABASE_NAME,$connection) 
or 
die("<p>Error selecting the database ".DATABASE_NAME . mysql_error()."</p>");    
mysql_set_charset('utf8',$connection);